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Changes in Learning Outcomes of Students Participating in Problem-Based Learning for the First Time: A Case Study of a Financial Management Course
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Yung-Chuan Lee – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
The aim of this study was to explore how first-time problem-based learning (PBL) participants can improve their learning outcomes. Empirical results showed that students with higher academic performance and attendance rates significantly enhanced their critical thinking and problem-solving skills through PBL compared to traditional lecture-based…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Money Management, Financial Education, Problem Based Learning
One Size Doesn't Fit All: PBL Tutor Training and Development
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Nicolaou, Stella A.; Heraclides, Alexandros; Constantinou, Costas S.; Loizou, Stella; Gillott, David J. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2021
PBL tutors in medical schools worldwide are a diverse population of faculty (subject-expertise, employment status and tutoring experience). Tutors often receive a common initial training program followed by structured support. This study aims to understand tutor motivation, challenges and support needed, the relationship between them, and whether…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Tutor Training, Tutors, Medical Schools
Are Tutor Behaviors in Problem-Based Learning Stable? A Generalizability Study of Social Congruence, Expertise and Cognitive Congruence
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Williams, Judith C.; Alwis, W. A. M.; Rotgans, Jerome I. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the stability of three distinct tutor behaviors (1) use of subject-matter expertise, (2) social congruence and (3) cognitive congruence, in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment. The data comprised the input from 16,047 different students to a survey of 762 tutors administered in three consecutive…
Descriptors: Expertise, Generalizability Theory, Tutor Training, Problem Based Learning
Exploring the Relationships between Tutor Background, Tutor Training, and Student Learning: A Problem-Based Learning Meta-Analysis
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Leary, Heather; Walker, Andrew; Shelton, Brett E.; Fitt, M. Harrison – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
Despite years of primary research on problem-based learning and literature reviews, no systematic effort has been made to analyze the relationship between tutor characteristics and student learning outcomes. In an effort to fill that gap the following meta-analysis coded 223 outcomes from 94 studies with small but positive gains for PBL students…
Descriptors: Tutor Training, Tutors, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Background
The Tutor's Approach in Base Groups (PBL)
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Silen, Charlotte – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
In this article, the concept of approach related to tutor functioning in problem-based learning (PBL) is explored and the significance of a phenomenological perspective of the body in relation to learning and tutoring is investigated. The aim has been to understand the concept of approach in a context where the individual, thoughts, emotions and…
Descriptors: Tutors, Problem Based Learning, Groups, Phenomenology
Tutor Training, Evaluation Criteria and Teaching Environment Influence Students' Ratings of Tutor Feedback in Problem-Based Learning
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Baroffio, Anne; Nendaz, Mathieu R.; Perrier, Arnaud; Vu, Nu V. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Aim: In a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum, tutor's feedback skills are important. However, evaluation studies often show that students rate many tutors as ineffective in providing feedback. We explored whether this is related: (a) to tutors' skills, and hence a teaching intervention might improve their performance; (b) to the formulation…
Descriptors: Tutor Training, Evaluation Criteria, Educational Environment, Feedback (Response)